Notification display with thumbnail of print

Abstract

An example host device includes an input/output device to receive, from a user, a print command for a content, a processor, and a memory to store instructions executable by the processor. By executing the instructions, the processor is to generate a print job corresponding to the content, a thumbnail image corresponding to the print job, and a notification banner including the thumbnail image and information about the print job, and control the input/output device to output the notification banner.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A host device comprising:
 an input/output device to receive, from a user, a print command for a content;   a processor; and   a memory to store instructions executable by the processor,   wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is to:
 generate a print job corresponding to the content, 
 generate a thumbnail image corresponding to the print job, 
 generate a notification banner including the thumbnail image and information about the print job, and 
 control the input/output device to output the notification banner. 
   
     
     
         2 . The host device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is further to:
 control the input/output device to output the notification banner including an interface to receive a user input regarding whether to proceed with the print job, the thumbnail image, and the information about the print job to be performed by an image forming apparatus, and   perform an operation corresponding to the user input received through the interface.   
     
     
         3 . The host device of  claim 2 , wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is further to:
 receive a first input to authorize proceeding of the print job through the interface, and   transmit print data for the content to the image forming apparatus based on the first input.   
     
     
         4 . The host device of  claim 2 , wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is further to:
 receive a second input to cancel the print job through the interface, and   delete the print job based on the second input.   
     
     
         5 . The host device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is further to:
 generate a bitmap image for a page being printed by an image forming apparatus that performs the print job, and   generate a thumbnail image of the page being printed by the image forming apparatus by using the bitmap image.   
     
     
         6 . The host device of  claim 5 , wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is further to:
 obtain information about a print error that has occurred in the image forming apparatus, and   generate the notification banner including the thumbnail image of the page being printed by the image forming apparatus at a time of the print error and the information about the print error.   
     
     
         7 . The host device of  claim 6 , wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is further to:
 control the input/output device to output the notification banner including an interface to receive a user input as to whether to proceed with the print job in which the print error has occurred, and   perform an operation corresponding to the user input, received through the interface, as to whether to proceed with the print job.   
     
     
         8 . The hose device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is further to:
 store the thumbnail image in a repository designated by an image forming apparatus management application, and   generate the notification banner by using the thumbnail image stored in the repository.   
     
     
         9 . The host device of  claim 8 , wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is further to:
 store the thumbnail image along with identification information of the print job in the repository,   obtain the thumbnail image from the repository, based on the identification information of the print job, in response to an event related to the identification information of the print job, and   generate the notification banner by using the obtained thumbnail image.   
     
     
         10 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a computer, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
 instructions to receive, from a user, a print command for a content;   instructions to generate a print job corresponding to the content;   instructions to generate a thumbnail image corresponding to the print job;   instructions to generate a notification banner including the thumbnail image and information about the print job, and   instructions to output the notification banner.   
     
     
         11 . A method, performed by a host device, of outputting a notification banner, the method comprising:
 receiving a print command for a content from a user;   generating a print job corresponding to the content;   generating a thumbnail image corresponding to the print job;   generating a notification banner including the thumbnail image and information about the print job; and   outputting the notification banner.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 ,
 wherein the generating of the notification banner comprises generating a notification banner including an interface to receive a user input regarding whether to perform the print job, the thumbnail image, and information about the print job to be performed by an image forming apparatus,   wherein the outputting of the notification banner comprises outputting a notification banner including the interface, and   wherein the method further comprises performing an operation corresponding to the user input received through the interface.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the generating of the thumbnail image comprises:
 generating a bitmap image for a page being printed by an image forming apparatus that performs the print job; and   generating a thumbnail image of the page being printed by the image forming apparatus by using the bitmap image.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the generating of the notification banner comprises:
 obtaining information about a print error that has occurred in the image forming apparatus; and   generating a notification banner including the thumbnail image of the page being printed by the image forming apparatus at a time of the print error and the information about the print error.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the generating of the notification banner further comprises:
 storing the thumbnail image on a path designated by an image forming apparatus management application; and   generating the notification banner by using the thumbnail image stored on the designated path.